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Armed robbery suspect surrenders to police

updated Friday, April 27, 2012 - 6:43pm

A man surrendered at police headquarters Friday afternoon because he knew that police were looking for him as the suspect in an armed robbery two days before, Athens-Clarke police said.

Gerald Douglas Gordon, 24, of Hull, robbed $400 from a clerk at gunpoint Wednesday night at KM Mart, 3073 Danielsville Road, and was quickly identified as the suspect by witnesses and from a surveillance video of the hold-up, according to police.

A judge signed warrants Thursday charging Gordon with armed robbery and aggravated assault, and when he turned himself in the next day he mentioned to investigators he knew they were looking for him, police said.